XmlNode.ChildNodes Property

 

Gets all the child nodes of the node.

Namespace:   System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ChildNodes As XmlNodeList

Property Value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNodeList

An object that contains all the child nodes of the node.

If there are no child nodes, this property returns an empty XmlNodeList.

For information about child nodes, see the W3C DOM (Core) Level 1 specification

The following example displays all the child nodes of the root element.

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                    "<price>19.95</price>" & _
                    "</book>")

        Dim root As XmlNode = doc.FirstChild

        'Display the contents of the child nodes.
        If root.HasChildNodes Then
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To root.ChildNodes.Count - 1
                Console.WriteLine(root.ChildNodes(i).InnerText)
            Next i
        End If
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 10
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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